WILLEMSTAD –
On the first day of the trial against former minister George
Jamaloodin, he asked for the floor immediately after the opening and
admitted that he had misappropriated 450,000 guilders in subsidy in
2012.

These funds were intended for refurbishing a soccer
field but disappeared through Jamaloodin’s company Speed Security into
his pockets. When tracing the spending pattern of the former minister,
it was discovered, among other things, that he had spent 200,000 guilds
in a few weeks around that time. “December is an expensive month,” said
Jamaloodin.

He emphasized that he had returned the funds to the
treasury. That happened in 2017 through an “investment company” in
Estonia. Jamaloodin limited to vague and evasive answers when questioned
by Judge Van Lieshout.